"Right to oblivion." There are now guidelines, signed in 2010, applying to search engines that automatically cache pages on social media — basically, they're not really allowed to. "We don't hate what the Internet stands for — there's a lot of material online that should be kept. But in certain cases, we'd prefer to have the ability to erase them," Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, who put together the guidelines (and who just lost hte race for mayor in Paris), said upon signing the guidelines.

Diaboliser

To impugn with bad intentions — to suggest that someone or something is inherently bad. Often used in discussing politics.

Dépayser

To feel displaced from one's native land or familiar routine.

Déontologie

An informal but widely set of rules for a profession. Also a philosophical concept denoting a set of actions taken out of duty, rather than consequence.

Laïcité

France's aggressive form of separation between church and state. The country would never allow a voting booth to be placed in a church, for instance, even if it would be the most expedient means of holding an election in a small town.

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